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Monday, August 29, 2011

fall 9 patch quilt

Some very good friends of ours got married this weekend and it was such a lovely wedding. I was excited to finally able to give them their quilt!

The pattern is from my one a day 9 patch quilt along that I did a few summers ago. (The links are on my sidebar.) Since my friend requested fall colors for the quilt, I used 2 jelly rolls of Kona cotton, in the dark and dusky color ways. I had a few leftover strips from the jelly rolls, but I made a few blocks from other solid fabrics from my stash, due to the color scheme. The sashing is bella solid, from Moda, which is completely lovely to work with. I'm not sure what color it is, though.

I quilted it with a simple grid on the diagonal in natural colored thread. I must be weird, because I enjoy that type of quilting...at least once in awhile. It only took me a few days to quilt it. I did a lot of praying for the couple while I was working on it. I love doing that if I have a specific recipient in mind when making a quilt.

I dug out all the brown scraps I could find for binding from my scrap bins. They are all the same color...I had plenty of pieces leftover from making my boys' star wars robes, among other projects. I had more than the usual amount of seams in the binding, but I didn't mind...it was nice not to have to buy additional fabric. This is one case where it's a good thing that I throw very little away!

The back was pieced from the stash. I had these colors set aside for a quilt top, (I had a pattern picked out and everything), but I was delighted to use them for the back instead. It's a lovely way to burn though 5+ yards of stash! And that's one less quilt on my list to make. Yay!

The quilt measures about 66" x 90". I made it a twin size so they could use it on the back of the couch or on a twin bed in their guest room. I finished it back in July, but I took photos and added the label on the morning of the wedding. I'm such a procrastinator sometimes! I'm glad this quilt is compete, that it's off to it's new home. I actually enjoyed working out of my normal color scheme and I'm pleased with how it came together.

I like praying over quilts if I know who it's going to and I love "writing" blessings in the quilting. This is a lovely quilt and it makes me think about using my bounty of basics Lights box that I won.

love the praying while quilting....an added gift for the couple. It is a beautiful quilt. I did one when you first put up this q-a-l, and I have another work in progress using red white and blue. Great way to use up a stash.

Labels? On quilts? I'm a better procrastinator than you on this... I have a label for a quilt I made my son several years back that STILL hasn't been attached to the back of his quilt. sigh. Thanks for reminding me. lol

This quilt turned out so fabulous! I love the additional solid and pieced borders and the quilting. What a wonderful gift to give friends for their wedding! Also love the three sets of hands holding this up from behind ;-)

The quilt is beautiful but what I love is the fact that you prayed for them while you quilted it. (I also love that you took several days to quilt it.) I sometimes want to be done so badly that I rush through the quilting process. I think that is why I tend to do so much straight line quilting. When I do FMQ I race and the stitches are itty bitty and irregular. I must practice SLOWING down!

It's so beautiful, Amanda Jean! I loved it at retreat, and I love it more now! Really love what you did on the back, too. I wish I could be more like that (burning up stash and piecing a back!). Just great. They will love it. I think the quilting is just perfect, too. How did you mark it for quilting, by the way? I'm curious.

I find it so totally cool that you prayed for the couple as you worked on the quilt. Glad to see the back was pieced more than just a little artsy strip. Don't get me wrong artsy strips are good, but this opens my eyes to greater possibilities :o) Thanks, as I need help getting outside of the box! Sending best of wishes for the newly weds. Sarah

This quilt is so pretty and elegant, and looks simple to make. The couple will just love it. Thank you for the sashing helps. I wasn't sure how to do it. I'm using the bella jelly roll but putting a different color at each corner. Hope it works out. Thank you.